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Aphantasia[1]

My partner has it to the point where her dreams aren't even visual. I am on the other end of the spectrum. It's hard to describe but concepts are 'seen' and then monologued not the other way around. It's not synesthesia but a kind of mental mapping my brain does.

Interesting side effect is that I have an extremely poor visual memory for places, faces, etc. It all gets jumbled up with the other representations in my brain. At least that's what it feels like.

It seems to be a wiring thing rather than a learned skill. I can't ever think of a time where I didn't have this mode of thought.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia